Have you ever fantasized about riding in a train and having a meal in the diner car, just like they do in old movies like “Murder on the Orient Express,” “White Christmas” and “Strangers on a Train”?

No one claims that riding the rails is what it used to be, but for those interested in the nostalgia of traveling America by train will have to go without one of Amtrak’s signature services: the ...

Amtrak isn’t labeling the change the end of the dining car, but rather an evolution more in line with the demands of this era. “It is part of an evolution,” said Peter Wilander, who oversees Amtrak’s ...

Amtrak’s Southwest Chief train route runs between Los Angeles and Chicago on a 43-hour trip, with a dining car and a great ...